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Commander Islands
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group of treeless, sparsely populated islands in the Russian part of the Bering Sea
The Commander Islands are a remote, treeless group of islands located in the Russian portion of the Bering Sea, with very few inhabitants. These islands are notable for their harsh, isolated environment in one of the world's most rugged maritime regions.
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- Population
- 671
- Area
- 1846
- Elevation
- 755
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- Commons category
- Komandorski Islands
- native label
- Командорские острова
- time of discovery or invention
- 1741-00-00
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55°00′N 166°24′E / 55.00°N 166.40°E / 55.00; 166.40
The Commander Islands, Komandorski Islands, or Komandorskie Islands (Russian: Командо́рские острова́, Komandorskiye ostrova) are a series of islands in the Russian Far East, a part of the Aleutian Islands, located about 175 km (109 mi) east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea. Treeless and sparsely populated, the islands consist of Bering Island, 95 by 15 km (59 by 9 mi); Medny Island, 55 by 5 km (34 by 3 mi); and fifteen islets and rocks. The largest of the latter are Tufted Puffin Rock (Kamen Toporkov or Ostrov Toporkov), 15 ha (37 acres), and Kamen Ariy, which are between 3 and 13 km (2 and 8 mi) west of the only settlement, Nikolskoye. Administratively, the Commanders compose the Aleutsky District of the Kamchatka Krai in Russia.
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